3 star hotel abroad with sun shining is better than a 5 star hotel in Ireland looking out the rain drenched window.

Aydo…..I have to agree…..we holidayed at home this year & the weather was awful…..cost a fortune to entertain the kids….paid €1000 for holiday home for a week & the TV didn’t even work – it never worked as there is no reception whatsoever in the village- can you imagine my GAA mad husband on the Sunday we arrived unable to watch the match….& it rained non stop for the week….I’d rather not go on holidays than suffer that again :-(

These places do look gorgeous but I have to say I’m a fan of a good Irish holiday. It does rain in Ireland so get use to it..buy a good lidle wet suit for the summer and say F you to the rain and go swimming anyhow..kids love it. Throw on the layers in the winter and go for a good long walk, build sand castles, pick shells – quality time doesn’t require sunshine. There’s nothing like coming home to a nice open fire after a blustery winter walk to blow the cobwebs away. If you shop around you can get some gorgeous holiday homes in Ireland out of season for less than 500 euro and about 600 – 700 in season. Cheaper than a foreign holiday and less hastle if you have kids. We never holidayed abroad when I was a kid..stayed in a house there a few years back in Mayo that had no tv. 400 euro for a week and right beside the beach, we took lots of walks and talked/read/played cards in the evenings. Children remember the quality time their parents spend with them not what’s on tv or what the weather was like.